Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35253, Richard Dole, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Dole, Richard
NUMBER _____
NUMBER 8 35253
CONTENTS

35 253
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35 258
Richard Dole
Corp Rev Mrs
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7,821
Maine.
Richard Dole 4
of Hebron Dist. in the state of Maine who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of List of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of Mar: 1819 and sent to A. K. Parris Esq: Judge, Paris, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 — 87.43 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep: 1819 — 48.00
10. 24 / 30 & 24 / 31 $ 135.43
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued on the roll under law 1 May 1870. Notification sent to Thos. Clark Esq. 11 July 1870 Paris Maine.

Richard Dole Corporal Marshalls Regt Mapi: Line
7 April 1818
correct
ctd

I, Richard Dole, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Hebron in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, testify and say, that, on the second day of January, in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy seven, I enlisted into the Army of the United States of America, on the continental establishment for the term of three years, as a corporal in the Company of Captain Gray in Colonel Thomas Marshalls Regiment, numbered ten, from which company I was transferred into Captain Benjamin Walcott's Company, in the Regiment aforesaid, in which last-mentioned company I continued to serve, as aforesaid, until the expiration of the time for which I had enlisted, when I received from Colonel Thomas Marshall an honorable discharge which is herunto annexed. I further testify, that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support. Richard Dole
I William C. Whitney of Hebron in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, testify and say, that I am well acquainted with Richard Dole, an inhabitant of said Hebron, named in the foregoing deposition and that, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
William C. Whitney

I Jesse Briggs, of Paris in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that I was in the continental service during the revolutionary war at the same period that the within named Richard Dole served and was in the same Brigade and have no doubt but Richard Dole named in the annexed discharge is the same person, who signed the annexed statements. Jesse Briggs
United States of America District of Maine ss. §
Be it remembered that on this seventh day of April A.D. 1818. personally came the within named Richard Dole, and after being cautioned, and examined made oath that the within statement, by him subscribed, is wholly true. - And also, at the same time came the within named William H. Whitney, esq d and Jesse Briggs and made oath that the affidavits by them subscribed are true, and also at the same time the

said Richard Dole produced the annexed discharge. — And it appearing to me in the examination here had that the persons before named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the within as evidence and certify the same, as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Richard Dole served as a non-commissioned officer in the Revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards on the continental establishment that he is yet a resident citizen of the United States, and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal
Albion H. Parrish, Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford — ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris — within and for the county of Oxford on the second — Tuesday of June A.D. 1826 — and by adjournment  from — A.D. 1826 — before the Honorable Benjamin Green & Judah Dana Judges of said Court.
On this 15th day of June — in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford — Richards Dole aged eighty three years, resident in Hebron in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Corporal — in the company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Wolcott — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Marshall in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 7th day of April — A. D. 1818 — , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7821 — was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described below, also subscribed by me.
Richards Dole
Sworn to and declared, on the 15th } day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Benjamin Green & Judah Dana }
Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: —
one pew in a meeting house in the town of Windham (Me)
Richards Dole

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Richard Dole — who by occupation am a carpenter — which I am un able to pursue by reason of  infirmity —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Judith wife of said Richard 69 unable to labour —  
Richard Dole
Oxford — ss. I Thomas Clarke — Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford — do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is twenty — dollars and cents  $20.00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24 th day of June — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and two —
Thomas Clarke { Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford —

Richard Dole
N o 7821.
continued
11 March 1819
aged 83 - poor
Cont d